Part Three
A: What significant information did I learn about these interviews? Iron Worker I learned that people who had jobs still had a hard time because there jobs were extremely dangerous. Chris Thorsten was one of people who worked with iron on bridges during the Great Depression and while working there was an accident that broke all his ribs, a collar bone, and some of his vertabrea. All of those injuries took fours years to heal. A number of other people who worked on the construction bridges during this time period died while working . Packing House Worker Also, During the Great Depression there was a large amount of racism. Jim Cole who was an African American worked as butcher in a beef factory and he wanted to join a union. He was denied to join because he was an African American. People did not treat African Americans as equals but rather as second class citizens. Everybody had there own types of problems they had to deal with during the Depression
B:
1. Who is the person being interviewed?
Jim Lewis
2. What is his title or position?
Turpentine Worker.
3. What is his race, gender, and age?
Age 38, male, African American
4. Where is the Interview taking place?
In a field in Alabama
5. What is the date of the interview?
Nov 4, 1938
6. Who is the interviewer?
Helen Hartley.
Turpentine Worker
Jim Lewis was a thirty-eight year old African American who worked as a turpentine collector and he would go out and collect the buckets that the were left out to collect turpentine from trees.
1. Who is the person being interviewed?
Jim Davis
2. What is his title or position?
He is a Truck Driver.
3. What is his race, gender, and age?
He a male 50 year old man and is Trinidadian
4. Where is the Interview taking place?
At the home of Jim Davis
5. What is the date of the interview?
October 18, 1938
Jim Davis was born in Trinidad in 1878 and he came to America by ship as a cabin boy. When he got older he got a job as a truck driver and eventually he lost that job so he went out and got another job as a truck drivver for another company.
A:
What significant information did I learn about these interviews?
Iron Worker I learned that people who had jobs still had a hard time because there jobs were extremely dangerous. Chris Thorsten was one of people who worked with iron on bridges during the Great Depression and while working there was an accident that broke all his ribs, a collar bone, and some of his vertabrea. All of those injuries took fours years to heal. A number of other people who worked on the construction bridges during this time period died while working . Packing House Worker Also, During the Great Depression there was a large amount of racism. Jim Cole who was an African American worked as butcher in a beef factory and he wanted to join a union. He was denied to join because he was an African American. People did not treat African Americans as equals but rather as second class citizens. Everybody had there own types of problems they had to deal with during the Depression
B:
1. Who is the person being interviewed?
Jim Lewis
2. What is his title or position?
Turpentine Worker.
3. What is his race, gender, and age?
Age 38, male, African American
4. Where is the Interview taking place?
In a field in Alabama
5. What is the date of the interview?
Nov 4, 1938
6. Who is the interviewer?
Helen Hartley.
Turpentine Worker
Jim Lewis was a thirty-eight year old African American who worked as a turpentine collector and he would go out and collect the buckets that the were left out to collect turpentine from trees.
1. Who is the person being interviewed?
Jim Davis
2. What is his title or position?
He is a Truck Driver.
3. What is his race, gender, and age?
He a male 50 year old man and is Trinidadian
4. Where is the Interview taking place?
At the home of Jim Davis
5. What is the date of the interview?
October 18, 1938
6. Who is the interviewer?
Helen S. Hartley
The Life of Jim Davis
Jim Davis was born in Trinidad in 1878 and he came to America by ship as a cabin boy. When he got older he got a job as a truck driver and eventually he lost that job so he went out and got another job as a truck drivver for another company.